The prosecutors in a filing in the #ElectionSubversion case said the #DOJ’s policy requires the case to be dismissed before #Trump returns to the White House.

"This outcome is not based on the merits or strength of the case against the defendant," prosecutors wrote in the filing.

#criminal #law #democracy#Jan6 #insurrection

It represents a big legal victory for #Trump, who won the Nov 5 #US election & is set to return to office on Jan 20.

The #DOJ policy that the prosecutors cited dates back to the 1970s. It holds that a #criminal prosecution of a sitting president would violate the US #Constitution by undermining the ability of the country's *chief executive* to *function*. Courts will still have to approve both requests from prosecutors.

#law #democracy

Judge #Chutkan tosses #Trump 2020 #ElectionInterference case after prosecutors' request

A US judge on Monday dismissed the federal #criminal case accusing Trump of attempting to overturn his #2020election defeat after prosecutors moved to drop that prosecution & a second case against the president-elect, citing #DOJ policy against prosecuting a sitting president.

#democracy#Jan6 #insurrection #law #justice
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-prosecutor-smith-asks-judge-dismiss-2020-election-subversion-case-against-2024-11-25/

Can someone help me form an opinion on the #DOJ wanting to force #Google to sell #Chrome. Is there a tldr on the expected consequences of this?

Nothing could be more of an example of why monopolies suck than Google search.

Went from great to shitty in a few years as they ruined it for various forms of incidental revenue.

Now we have no good alternatives because they dominated the market.

(I know there is DuckDuckGo, but it has never been as good as Google. Closer now but that, imo, is because Google is trash now.)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/googles-ai-deals-could-hurt-its-search-monopoly-appeal-expert-says/

#tech #uspol #politics #uspolitics #monopoly #doj

…It’s hard to believe that the members of #TenetMedia “didn’t know” anything about the scheme. In fact, you can watch Pool describe nearly exactly what he engaged in, during a podcast conversation:

#complicity#RightWing#MAGA#Republicans#TenetMedia#RussianPropaganda#Russia#StateMedia#DOJ #law #democracy#MediaLiteracy

“Should these allegations prove true, I as well as the other personalities & commentators were deceived,” Pool wrote.🙄

Johnson echoed the line, writing, “We are disturbed by the allegations in today’s indictment, which make clear that myself & other influencers were victims in this alleged scheme.”

#complicity#RightWing#MAGA#Republicans#TenetMedia#RussianPropaganda#Russia#StateMedia#DOJ #law #democracy#MediaLiteracy

#MAGA#Republicans are more than happy to excuse the #FarRight #influencers at the center of a #RussianPropaganda scheme.

#RightWing influencers like Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Lauren Southern, & Benny Johnson all worked w/ #TenetMedia, a #Tennessee-based firm that the #DOJ revealed Wed was secretly funded by #Russia#StateMedia employees in “a scheme to create & distribute content to #US audiences w/ hidden Russian govt messaging.”

#law #complicity #democracy
https://newrepublic.com/post/185647/maga-russian-propagandists-victims-pool-johnson-rubin-tenet-media

In the video, Kozma calls the idea of #gender fluidity “evil.” Another speaker, Katie Sullivan, who was an acting asst AG at the #DOJ under #Trump, takes aim at executive actions by the admin of President #Biden that created gender adviser positions throughout the #federal govt. The goal, Biden wrote in one order, was to “advance #EqualRights & opportunities, regardless of gender or gender #identity.”

#Trump#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law#HarrisWalz2024

Elon Musk is a threat to democracy.

#DeportMusk#DOJ #FBI#ElonPutz#EETD

Elon Musk’s X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/deepfakes-elon-musk-donald-trump-kamala-harris-x/

“There’s no point in haste now, because there’s no way to do the #trial now before the #election,” fmr federal prosecutor & George Washington University #law professor Randall Eliason said. If #Trump wins in Nov & returns to the White House in Jan, his #DOJ would be expected to drop the case, & he could not be prosecuted while in office anyway.
“If he loses, there will be plenty of time to do a trial next year & get all the issues right,” Eliason said.

#criminal#ElectionInterference#Jan6